To this day, Hughes' dad -- who travels the world with him -- continues to be his right-hand man and biggest fan.

"He's my hero… What he goes through, it's taught me that I don't really have any complaints," Hughes' father said, "I guess a father couldn't ask for more than the relationship I have with Patrick."

Hughes was an infant when his parents discovered that he had an incredible talent for music, reports theFW.com. Over the years, this natural ability blossomed into a virtuosity on the piano and the trumpet.

"Back then he was born it was, 'Why us? What did we do that this happened to us?'" Hughes' father told ABC. "And we ask the same question nowadays, but we put it in a whole new light. You know, 'What did we do to deserve such a special young man, who's brought us so, so much."